Route-book.



I. KOENEN.

ROUTE BOOK. I APPLICATION FILED NOV- 13, 191].

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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JOSEPH KOENEN, OF MIZL'WAUKEE, .VISCONSYN.

ROUTE-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Elev. 23, 1915.

To all rimmir' m (15;; r-mmlrns Be itlcnown t I. JOSEPH Kosxsx, n itizen the limited Statesaud residentof Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, ha e invented new and useful improvements in Route-Books, of which the following is a description, reference being had tr the accompanying drowings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in route books.

it is one of the objects of t to provide a route book which is 1 lllljv adapted for use in commercial to provide a. means ready re erence, to indicate the cities or the territory covered by the diili'erent salesmen of the house and to also indicate the order in which the cities are visited.

A further object of the invention is to provide a route QS-Oli with leaves having means for de achahly holding cards upon which are inscribed the names or the cities in consecutive order that are to he visited by the salesmen or upon which can he inscribed numbers to indicate the consecutive order in which the cities are to be visited when names of cities are alphabetically insertecl on leaves.

A further object of the invention is to provide a route hook with index leaves ha ving means for detachably holding cards upon which are inscribed the names of the traveling men and the number of the route they tra el.

A further object oi the invention o provide :2 l

route hook with leaves having tans proieeting therefrom upon which are insc ibed the numbers of the pa n and each number ct which also a apt-ed to note the number of a particular route or a part thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a route hook in which the names of the salesmen and the cities may be easily changed from time to time. required.

A further object of the invention is to provide a route book which is strong and durable and is inexpensive to marlutacture.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved rout-e book and its parts and coinhizuitious. as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents "thereof.

some parts it all of the views: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved route book with the cover in open position; Fig. 2 is top view of the route book with the cover in open position and with a portion of one of the index leaves removed; and Fig. 3 is 5L longitudinal sectional view of a portion of one of the leaves.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 indicates the covers of the route book and 6 the hack thereof to which the improved route leaves 7 and the index leaves 8 are bound in any desirable manner. The book may he in the form of a loose leaf bool: as shown, or the leaves may be permanently bound to the cover portion in any manner desired.

The route leaves have vertically extenoing parallel. strips of binding 9 sewed to opposite sides thereof by medial lines of stitching 10, and horizontally extending parallel lines of stitching 11 extending transversely across the said binding strips, form aplurality of card pockets 12 into which indicating town cards 13 are inserted. The medial lines of stitchin 10 of the binding permit the ends of the cards to be inserted beneath the side edges of the b nding strips by slightly bending the cards and when the cards straighten out they Will be securely held in position.

Each card is adapted o have the name 14 of a State and town or city Written thereon and also a nume al, 15, to indicate the order in which the citl are to be visited, and are alphabet il I arranged with relation to the ll oi? the town rards of a particular route are placed on the same page or two. dependupon the length of the route, and a card ll). hearing the naine'ot the traveling man having: the route, is inserted in one of the upper pockets of the same page. Each rage 18 provided with a prmecting index t tau 1?, having the number of the page or route indicated thereon, and these tabs are adapted to he numbered in consecutive order for convenient reference. The indefi leaves 8 are also provided with vertically extending hinding strips 18 sewed thereto by me- (lllll lines of stitching; Bland with horizontal lines of stitching 2G to form'pockets 21 into which name cards are inserted in the same manner as the town cards. These cards have ins rihed thereon the addresses of the traveling In use the different cards are placed in.

the manner shown and described, and if it is desired to find out the territory covered by a certain salesman it is only necessary to find the name of the salesman among the index cards and to look at the number or numbers of the route inscribed thereon and then turn to the corresponding tab numbers of the route leaves. The leaf of the particular tab indicated will show the names of the different cities visited by the salesman and the consecutive order in which they are visited. \Vhen it is desired to change the cities of a route, or change the name of the salesman, it is only necessary to remove a card and substitute another card therefor.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the route book iswell adapted for the purpose desired. v

What I claim'as my invention is:

1. A routebook, comprising route leaves provided withmr'aahs for detachably holding cards and also having index characters, cards detachably connected to said leaves and having the names of municipalities in-,

scribedthereon, an index leaf provided with meansor 'detachably holding cards, and cards detachably connected to said index leaf and having index characters similar to the index characters of associated route leaves, and also having the names of salesmen inscribed thereon who travel over the territory inscribed on the cards mounted on the route leaf or leaves associated with the index leaf related thereto.

2. A route book, comprising route leaves provided with means for detachably holding cards and also having index tabs projecting therefrom which have index characters inscribed thereon, cards detachabl-y connected to said leaves and having the names of municipalities inscribed thereon, an index leaf d'provided with means for detachably'hol ing cards, and cards detachably connected to said index leaf and having index characters similar to the index characters of associated route leaves, and also having the names of salesmen inscribed thereon who travel over the territory inscribed onv the cards mounted on the route leaf or leaves thereto.

associated with the index leaf related 3. A route book, comprising route" provided with parallel strips of binding sewed medially throughout their lengths'to" the leaves and also having parallel lines of stitching extending at right angles to the strips to form card pockets said leaves also provided with index tabs-projecting therefrom which have index characters inscri d thereon, ds removably inserted witliir'i said pockets and having the names ofmunicipalities inscribed thereon, an index leaf. forming part of said book and being of less width than the other leaves and provided with strips of binding sewedthereto and with transverse lines of stitching to form pockets, and name cards removably inserted in said last mentioned pockets, said name cards having index characters similar to the index characters of associated route" leaves, and also having the names of salesterritory inscribed on the cards mounted on the route leaf or leaves associatedwith the index leaf related thereto.

4. A route book, comprising route leaves provided with parallel strips of binding sewed medially throughout their lengths to the leaves and also having parallel lines of stitching extending at right angles to the strips to form card pockets, said leaves also provided with index tabs projectingthere. from which have index characters inscribed thereon, cards removably inserted Within said pockets and having the names of municipalities inscribed thereon and also having characters inserted thereon which indicate a predetermined successive order, an index leaf of less width than the other leaves forming part of said book and provided'with strips of binding sewed thereto and with transverse lines of stitching to form pockets,

and name cards removably inserted in said last mentioned pockets, said name cardshaving index characters slmilar to the ;1ndex 

